raptor assortment.

[denis]

just some of the raptors observed while shooting shorebirds this fall.
merlin

peregrine


merlin

turkey vulture

[Sahria]

I would say American Kestrel for the fourth pic. Awesome pics.

[BIGFRANK]

Id be interested to know if you can read or enhance the band on the Peregrine. And where the photo is taken. I would be able to tell you reasonably quickly who the bird is..where it was banded etc. It is clearly a Canadian band(at least with colour showing on my monitor which can be hinky)..black over black with white numbers. I can clearly see the bottom letter is a Y and there is a ?3 number on top..13 or 33? maybe. If you have more in this series of photos could U have a go at reading it? Or pvt me for my email address. I do volunteer work with The Canadian Peregrine Foundation and we would have an answer soon as I can call the office.
 The raptor in question is a Merlin that you arent sure of.

[Sahria]

Merlin!! I always get these guys mixed up.

[mr.sharp-photo]

Id be interested to know if you can read or enhance the band on the Peregrine. And where the photo is taken. I would be able to tell you reasonably quickly who the bird is..where it was banded etc. It is clearly a Canadian band(at least with colour showing on my monitor which can be hinky)..black over black with white numbers. I can clearly see the bottom letter is a Y and there is a ?3 number on top..13 or 33? maybe. If you have more in this series of photos could U have a go at reading it? Or pvt me for my email address. I do volunteer work with The Canadian Peregrine Foundation and we would have an answer soon as I can call the office.
 The raptor in question is a Merlin that you arent sure of.

looks like 13 Y to me, but it also looks like there's a # in front of the 13.

great peregrine pics, denis

[denis]

thanks for the I.D. frank.
these are the only shots i have of the bird,and were taken in late sptember,or early october,at frenchmans bay,pickering.

[denis]

Id be interested to know if you can read or enhance the band on the Peregrine. And where the photo is taken. I would be able to tell you reasonably quickly who the bird is..where it was banded etc. It is clearly a Canadian band(at least with colour showing on my monitor which can be hinky)..black over black with white numbers. I can clearly see the bottom letter is a Y and there is a ?3 number on top..13 or 33? maybe. If you have more in this series of photos could U have a go at reading it? Or pvt me for my email address. I do volunteer work with The Canadian Peregrine Foundation and we would have an answer soon as I can call the office.
 The raptor in question is a Merlin that you arent sure of.

looks like 13 Y to me, but it also looks like there's a # in front of the 13.

great peregrine pics, denis

thanks richard.

[denis]

Id be interested to know if you can read or enhance the band on the Peregrine. And where the photo is taken. I would be able to tell you reasonably quickly who the bird is..where it was banded etc. It is clearly a Canadian band(at least with colour showing on my monitor which can be hinky)..black over black with white numbers. I can clearly see the bottom letter is a Y and there is a ?3 number on top..13 or 33? maybe. If you have more in this series of photos could U have a go at reading it? Or pvt me for my email address. I do volunteer work with The Canadian Peregrine Foundation and we would have an answer soon as I can call the office.
 The raptor in question is a Merlin that you arent sure of.

frank.
i blew up the original shots for a closer look,and the numbers are 33Y. at least that is the only visible part.

denis

[BIGFRANK]

Thanks Denis...will see if I can get a quick ID for ya. Thought 13/Y but no good as thats one of this years birds. There is no record of a 33/Y on close review of an expanded picture,we think it is 43/Y. 43/Y would be Maitland from the Burlington/Hamilton Liftbridge "nest" from 2008.

[lovetobird]

Great series of images, I'm a little jealous of the Peregrine images as I still have yet to photograph one ;-)

[BIGFRANK]

OK ...mystery solved. Go figure..been racking our brains trying to find 33/Y band and low and behold the banding info was posted on the CPF site in 2009 by none other then me LOL DOH!!
You can find pictures of Kendal on banding day here http://www.peregrine-foundation.ca/w/c/ ... et/page/8/ as well as videos from banding day. This was at 18King St in Toronto.

[denis]

dont worry,love to bird. you,ll get your chance eventually.
thanks frank.
so it was in fact 33y.thanks for the link,as i will surely check it out.